Job summary
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Communications and Engagement Manager to support an exciting project to bring an electronic patient record to our hospitals. This is a great opportunity to work for one of the largest hospital Trusts in the country that delivers care to more than 800,000 people a year and to support one of the biggest changes the Trust has ever seen.
Main duties of the job
Based in Lincoln, but with travel to other sites across Lincolnshire, you will support the provision of a comprehensive communications and engagement service for the Trust.
The post is dedicated to leading on and delivering a comprehensive communications and engagement programme for the Electronic Patient Record (EPR). Embedded within the Trust corporate Communications and Engagement Team, you will work closely with EPR programme leads to deliver the priorities of the EPR project and supporting workstreams.
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMasters Degree or recognised specialist postgraduate qualification in PR, journalism, or marketing or equivalent experience (eg Diploma in Public Relations)
- oDegree in a relevant specialism; communications; PR journalism or marketing
Desirable
- oPR, marketing, media or journalism qualification
- oTraining and/or experience in communications field to postgraduate diploma level.
Previous experience
Essential
- oSpecialist experience in PR or communications
- oDealing with crisis communications
- oEvidence of successful delivery of communications
- oDesigning and managing the production of publications
- oMedia handling
- oUsing social media to engage and for PR
- oExperience of devising, and implementing and evaluating effective communications and engagement strategies and the ability to identify the right channel for a particular audience
Desirable
- oWorking in a communications service
- oEvent organising
- oMarketing experience
- oExperience of supporting communications for a large scale system change
- oWorking in posts within the NHS or other public sector organisation
- oArranging high profile events e.g. Ministerial or royal visits
- oGraphic design
Skills
Essential
- oNHS and current government policy
- oDemonstrate expertise in the techniques which underpin effective communication and public relations
- oIT software packages
- oLegislation which includes media law, Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection
- oExcellent interpersonal and listening skills
- oExcellent written and oral skills
- oTact and diplomacy
- oPresentation and public speaking skills
- oAbility to grasp complex issues quickly
- oPersuasion and influencing skills
- oAbility to establish credibility and good working relationships at all levels
- oAbility to manage conflict
- oAbility to effectively manage a number of different, competing priorities with confidence and to tight deadlines
- oDemonstrates proactive problem solving
- oAbility to work unsupervised and under pressure to manage a varied and challenging workload
Desirable
- oKnowledge of the health service
- oWebsite publishing, open source software packages such as FrontPage, Adobe Acrobat writer, InDesign
- oCreative skills - able to design and develop in-house newsletters, briefings, posters
- oPrinting and design work
- oVideo production and editing
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Access to vehicle for work purposes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMasters Degree or recognised specialist postgraduate qualification in PR, journalism, or marketing or equivalent experience (eg Diploma in Public Relations)
- oDegree in a relevant specialism; communications; PR journalism or marketing
Desirable
- oPR, marketing, media or journalism qualification
- oTraining and/or experience in communications field to postgraduate diploma level.
Previous experience
Essential
- oSpecialist experience in PR or communications
- oDealing with crisis communications
- oEvidence of successful delivery of communications
- oDesigning and managing the production of publications
- oMedia handling
- oUsing social media to engage and for PR
- oExperience of devising, and implementing and evaluating effective communications and engagement strategies and the ability to identify the right channel for a particular audience
Desirable
- oWorking in a communications service
- oEvent organising
- oMarketing experience
- oExperience of supporting communications for a large scale system change
- oWorking in posts within the NHS or other public sector organisation
- oArranging high profile events e.g. Ministerial or royal visits
- oGraphic design
Skills
Essential
- oNHS and current government policy
- oDemonstrate expertise in the techniques which underpin effective communication and public relations
- oIT software packages
- oLegislation which includes media law, Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection
- oExcellent interpersonal and listening skills
- oExcellent written and oral skills
- oTact and diplomacy
- oPresentation and public speaking skills
- oAbility to grasp complex issues quickly
- oPersuasion and influencing skills
- oAbility to establish credibility and good working relationships at all levels
- oAbility to manage conflict
- oAbility to effectively manage a number of different, competing priorities with confidence and to tight deadlines
- oDemonstrates proactive problem solving
- oAbility to work unsupervised and under pressure to manage a varied and challenging workload
Desirable
- oKnowledge of the health service
- oWebsite publishing, open source software packages such as FrontPage, Adobe Acrobat writer, InDesign
- oCreative skills - able to design and develop in-house newsletters, briefings, posters
- oPrinting and design work
- oVideo production and editing
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Access to vehicle for work purposes
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
